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Episode Recap: I'm in Such a Hot Pickle!
Maybe it was the hidden immunity idol setup from last week, but tonight’s episode of Survivor: Micronesia was hilarious. It wasn’t just because of Jason’s idol reveal and Eliza’s delicious, “It can’t be the idol—it’s a stick!” response, which actually was funnier in the preview than in the show. Nearly everyone did or said something to make me chuckle tonight, but the prize has got to got to Parvati whose mannered feud with Eliza came to a head at tribal council and ended with a tiny wave to Eliza’s exiting form.
First, let’s look back at the events that lead up to the ever-entertaining presentation of a false hidden idol at tribal. As suspected, the tribes merged at the top of the hour. Coming together under the name Dabu – a Micronesian word in Erik’s mind only, meaning “good”. The ten remaining castaways feasted on some tasty morsels…and bats. Yes, bats. Now there was no indication that this was some local delicacy that everyone ought to try and honestly, I’m not sure just how hungry I’d have to be to delve into a bowl of slimy, flying rodents. They weren’t even de-winged! But who am I to judge? Maybe James was right, “How often do you get a chance to eat a bat?” I knock on wood as I say, “Never.”
Moving on, these new-tribe feasts are always interesting because everyone is obviously sizing up everyone else while pretending that they are doing no such thing. Thank goodness that Ozzy chose not to lead the group and suggest that everyone put their game playing aside until after they had digested their rodents. Nope, no leader he. I did enjoy Erik, the monkey to Ozzy’s zookeeper, coining the word ‘Dabu’ out of pure mischief. Show host, Jeff Probst, knew right away that something was up with that word. Why did no one else pick up on Erik’s BS? This group was as clueless about that word as Ozzy was about Amanda’s jealousy.
It’s just not cool, Ozzy, to spend the first 24 days on this journey canoodling with Amanda only to cozy up to Alexis the first chance you get. Poor Amanda looked to Cirie for sympathy, but Cirie was too busy being annoyed at having to share her camp with the newcomers. If I hadn’t heard that Ozmanda were still together I’d start worrying about the future of their union because it did not take Amanda long to start wondering aloud about how well she thought she knew Ozzy.
Amanda ought to wonder the same about Parvati who tra-la-la-ed back to the Malakal beach with a new alliance of ladies in tow for Amanda to accept or be on the outs with. It seems we are back on the same page with Amanda who is recognizing a threat to her position in the game much the same as she did in China with the all-powerful Todd. She will probably do nothing about it. Amanda is a smart player – dare I say she is a strategist, who clearly sees what is happening around her, but she is no soldier. She’s afraid to make the big moves that will save her trouble down the line. If she does not watch it I fear Amanda is going to be a repeat offender who loses it all once again.
As for Parvati, I admit I have given her a bit of a hard time in past blogs, but I must say that she is playing hard and smart and tonight she was the highlight of the show. First off we must note that Parvati is aligned with nearly every remaining player except for Eliza, whom she hates and Eliza’s ally Jason, who she thinks is a loser. With her ever present smile, Ms. Shallow casually and effectively dismissed Eliza, who as we could plainly see, was always lurking in the bushes listening for some tid bit that could have given her a bit of leverage. “Eliza’s staring at us,” Parvati says to Amanda. Cut to Eliza who, sure enough, is crouched on a log watching the girls from across the camp. No wonder Eliza had no allies. Her bumbling “I’m not listening,” act was almost as bad as my trying to sneak into a movie theater back in the day when I was a naughty youth. I was not subtle and neither, my friends, was Eliza.
You have to give Eliza points for trying. Even with the assurance that Jason would give her his idol she fought to win immunity and was the last female to bow out of the panic-inducing rising tide steel grate challenge. How pissed was Ozzy at losing to Jason? I secretly loved it. It’s no fun watching the king win if there’s no real threat to his reign, so thank you Jason for at least pecking away at Ozzy’s stranglehold on a win.
I suspect, however, that the roster of strong players is about to change. Suddenly at tribal council Jeff is calling first on Alexis who has suffered from weeks of minimal screen time. Not only that but Cirie pronounced Alexis to be a triple threat. Alexis, proverbial scepter in hand, then declared Eliza’s social game to be inadequate. It’s true that Eliza has expressive eyes. And Jeff can take credit for the second best line of the night when he pointed that out. “Eliza, you can’t miss your eyes when they roll.” You had to feel a little sorry for her when it was made abundantly clear that she was the least liked person on the island, but even so no one wanted to take her to the end. Even Jason, her only friend, was all smiles when Jeff threw her faux idol in the fire. I don’t know why Jason’s so happy. You’re next buddy. True to form, the scrappy Eliza made one last play by letting everyone know that Ozzy has the idol. With this news out in the open the question is what are they going to do about it?
What did you think of tonight’s show and will next week be Ozzy’s last?
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Apr 11, 2008 12:14 AM
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I love the line about Erik being the monkey to Ozzy's zookeepeer!!! Classic!
This was one of the funniest, most Lucy and Ethel, Survivor episodes ever. Great recap!
Ozzy better watch his back. The crew is 'bout to mutiny and it ain't lookin' to good fer da cap'ain!
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Apr 11, 2008 12:26 AM
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This easily ranks as the the most boring episode of Survivor I have seen, and I've seen them all. Maybe the weeks of setup that gave away the entire episode made it boring. It is kinda like a movie trailer that shows everything worth seeing and then when you get to the movie there is nothing you hadn't already seen to make it good. We knew the fake was getting played and we knew Eliza was a goner. We knew of the merge but they left out the best line in the show (Jeff saying drop your buffs: I always laugh at it).
Parvoti's plans seem to have hit a dead end. Word will spread and she could become the target, right after Ozzy. Ozzy seems to have come out of the fake idol thing looking bad. He looks bad because it he comes off as being cruel. It would have been funnier to see the fake played if the one playing actually thought it was real. Only Jason thought it was real but it didn't hurt him.
I think Parvoti might be in trouble next week because I think her playing two sides will get her some votes and Ozzy will play his idol to cancel out the votes for himself.
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Apr 11, 2008 12:37 AM
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I am hoping against hope that the tribe will take part in a Micronesian feast and will throw the word "dabu" around as they eat, confusing the Micronesians.
I know a lot of people love Ozzy but I'm not on the bandwagon--and I don't know why. Sure, he's a great competitor. Check. He doesn't really do anything irritating...
Yet I find myself wanting the tribe to get him out. I think it's just because I want to see if they can do it. Can they get this dominating force out of the game? I guess we'll see!
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Apr 11, 2008 12:49 AM
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I guess I don't get the joke behind the Dabu thing. Also, did anyone catch the url for what happens to those who make the jury after leaving the game?
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Apr 11, 2008 12:54 AM
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Also, did anyone catch the url for what happens to those who make the jury after leaving the game?
I believe it was www.survivor.com/ponderosa
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Apr 11, 2008 12:59 AM
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After the tribes merged, Erik said they should rename the tribe "Dabu" because it means "good" in Micronesian. Everyone agreed it was a good name...
Except, it doesn't mean anything in Micronesian. He made it up because it was a funny word--and no one called him on it. They all took his word on it (I would have been asking why he knew that word at all--and what others he might know....but I'm into languages).
And I was watching Jeff's face when the new tribe told him their name. I don't know that he knows the entire Micronesian dictionary but he definitely seemed to think something was off. I was a bit surprised he didn't press the tribe into saying more about it...but maybe next time...
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Apr 11, 2008 1:07 AM
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Too many funny moments in this episode:
-Erik referring to himself as Ozzy's monkey.
-Alexis giving herself a facial...with sand.
-James chomping down on wet bat...and comparing it to a juicy rabbit.
-Erik making up "Dabu".
-Amanda's jealousy over Ozzy/Alex.
-Cirie being annoyed with the newbies.
-Eliza's idol/stick discovery.
Great ep!
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Apr 11, 2008 1:35 AM
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I love Erik. Not only because he's a local guy. Not only because he's from Hell, Michigan (how cool is that!) Not only because he seems like a pretty go getter kind of dude. But, his making up the word for the merged tribe name was classic! It would have been even funnier had he used Meshizzle, but I don't think they would have bought it.
We all got spoiled by the preview as to who was going to win immunity this week. Last week, they showed Eliza complaining how the fake Idol was just a stick. Watching the show last night, we saw Jason tell her that if he wins immunity, he'll give her the HII and Ozzy will go home. Well, right then and there the winner was spoiled. We KNEW he was going to win, and that's why she would get the HII and realize that it's just a stick!
I did, however, like how Ozzy complained when Jeff tossed Ozzy's fake Idol into the fire. TRIVIA: James has now been at 2 tribal councils where fake Idols were played.
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Apr 11, 2008 7:50 AM
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CBS spoiled a lot of this episode in its previews. Still I thought it was entertaining. Does anyone notice how the lighting in the night shots allows you to see people's veins? It was really obvious with Ozzy. Speaking of the Oz, I think I've jumped ship on the guy. I wanted him to win but his cockiness has worn on me. He thinks he's "Survivor God" and it doesn't help that some of the "fans" stroke his ego. I think anyone who already didn't know Oz had the HII would have eventually figured it out but why did Oz confirm it when Eliza accused him of having it? "I am the great and powerful Oz and I have the HII and that makes me INVINCIBLE! HA HA HA!" Well, Oz, as next week's previews suggest, dude, it makes you a bigger target.
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Apr 11, 2008 8:46 AM
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I am the great and powerful Oz
Pay no attention to my monkey boy and HII behind the curtain.
LOL. Well I was wrong last week. I was thinking that Ozzy isn't really arrogant ~ I have changed my mind. He sure was loving the worship Alexis was giving him. I am wondering if he was drunk when he was laying there with her. Does anyone else think so?
NOT enough James last night!
Even though there were a few funny moments I have to agree with joecool ~ It was slightly boring. If they had not shown the stick comment last week in the previews it would have been funnier.
I felt kinda bad for Eliza. She really should have tried to get in with some fans a lot sooner or maybe gone to Cirie instead of Parvati.
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Apr 11, 2008 10:17 AM
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ZZZ999- I thought the same thing when Ozzy was laying there with Alexis. I swore they were both slurring their words a bit and usually they do have alcohol at the feasts!
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Apr 11, 2008 11:15 AM
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Lots of funny moments tonight. As they were walking into tribal council I was saying "please play the fake idol!!!" and Eliza didn't disappoint. The looks on everyone's faces was priceless (amusement for Ozzy and Uh-Oh from everyone else). My favorite line tonight was from Ozzy: (As Jeff throws the fake idol/stick in the fire), "Awww, come on Jeff! That took hours to make!"
I agree with ZZZ, more James please!
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Apr 11, 2008 11:31 AM
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Yeah, not feeling the Ozzy love myself. I kinda feel like all of the interesting and underdog players have been voted out or left the game (Ami, Jonathan, Eliza, Yauman) and now we are stuck with all of popular kids from high school. (Bleh, Parvati frustrates me with her sorority girl antics. I have some faith in Amanda, if she would just act on some of her misgivings.) I do like Erik, I like James, and I still like Cirie, even though I know a few of you aren't crazy about her.
I've always kind of liked Eliza. Spunky, a little overbearing, but smart and crafty! It took her no time at all to realize she wasn't holding the HII. She might have annoyed me if I was on the island, but I sure liked watching her on tv.
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Apr 11, 2008 11:36 AM
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Loving Survivor this time around! What I am not loving is Ozzy. I adored him the first time around but I think he is arrogant this time around. I would love to see him knocked off the pedestal he seems to think he sits upon. At this point I would love to see Cirie take it all the way. 
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Apr 11, 2008 11:52 AM
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